Luke Donnelly, of no fixed abode, had pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of his mother, Catherine Henry.

Luke Donnelly (29) has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of his mother, Catherine Henry, at her apartment on Bridge Street in Dundalk, Co Louth.

The accused said he had taken ketamine, cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy and a bottle of nitrous oxide

Luke Donnelly, of no fixed abode, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Catherine Henry (62) in 2023

Garret Baker SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, said the panel would also hear that the accused Luke Donnelly (29) was behaving in "an erratic way" before the killing